ONE museum in Leicestershire which has been called a ‘jewel’ of the city could soon look very different. The Moira Furnace ...

Visitors can step back in time along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal with ranger-led rides and history lessons. Kinsey Gidick is a Virginia-based writer specializing in travel. Her work has appeared in ...

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The owner of a 'pirate boat' has described how his barge has been left stranded after a stretch of canal suddenly emptied for the second time in six months. Army veteran Dave Marshall, 53, awoke on ...

The owner of a 'pirate boat' has described how his barge has been left grounded after a stretch of canal in Manchester city centre suddenly drained for the second time in six months. Army veteran Dave ...

Designed as a shortcut between the Atlantic and the Med, today the scenic waterway from Toulouse to Sète is seen as a living ‘work of art’ Centuries before Donald Trump started playing around with the ...

This dramatic video footage captured a canal boat engulfed in huge flames in Salford. Emergency services were called to the fire on the boat on the Bridgewater Canal in the Boothstown area on Saturday ...

Our narrowboat stretches 21m in front of us – slightly longer than a tenpin bowling lane; so long it’s impossible to see its bow without tick-tacking side to side. Needles of rain prick our faces and, ...

The boat comes with all sorts of bells and whistles — heated windows, three sets of controls, a line-launching rocket, and every sensor you could think of. It’s even got a Tug of the Year trophy from ...